Methods and apparatus are described for providing compatible mapping for backhaul control channels, frequency first mapping of control channel elements (CCEs) to avoid relay-physical control format indicator channel (R-PCFICH) and a tree based relay resource allocation to minimize the resource allocation, map bits. Methods and apparatus (e.g., relay node (RN)/evolved Node-B (eNB)) for mapping of the Un downlink (DL) control signals, Un DL positive acknowledgement (ACK)/negative acknowledgement (NACK), and/or relay-physical downlink control channel (R-PDCCH) (or similar) in the eNB to RN (Un interface) DL direction are described. This includes time/frequency mapping of above-mentioned control signals into resource blocks (RBs) of multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) single frequency network (MBSFN)-reserved sub-frames in the RN cell and encoding procedures for these. Also described are methods and apparatus for optimizing signaling overheads by avoiding R-PCFICH and minimizing bits needs for resource allocation.
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2. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to receive the resource assignment via an uplink grant.
3. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the resource assignment is associated with physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources used for sending the uplink transmission.
4. The WTRU of claim 3, wherein the PUSCH resources used for sending the uplink transmission are assigned dynamically or semi-statically.
5. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the RNTI is a special wherein at least the RNTI indicates that the DCI format carries the feedback information associated with the uplink transmission.
6. The WTRU of claim 5, wherein the PDCCH transmission is scrambled with the special RNTI.
7. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the feedback information comprises an acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NACK).
8. The WTRU of claim 1, wherein the feedback information for the uplink transmission is carried by the PDCCH transmission.
10. The method of claim 9, comprising receiving the resource assignment via an uplink grant.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein the resource assignment is associated with physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources used for sending the uplink transmission.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein the PUSCH resources used for sending the uplink transmission are assigned dynamically or semi-statically.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein the RNTI is a special RNTI, wherein at least the RNTI indicates that the DCI format carries the feedback information associated with the uplink transmission.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the PDCCH transmission is scrambled with the special RNTI.
15. The method of claim 9, wherein the feedback information comprises an acknowledgement (ACK) or a negative acknowledgement (NACK).
16. The method of claim 9, wherein the feedback information for the uplink transmission is carried by the PDCCH transmission.
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